Speaking of the attack, Button said: "I was terrified. I saw a man with a truncheon and a pistol. I didn't know what was going to happen. The driver just floored it. We must have hit five cars but we got out of there. He was a legend."

Button was traveling in the specially armoured car with his father, manager, trainer and an armed guard when the attack took place. He is in the country ahead of today's Grand Prix.